Sunday 19 July 2015

What is the central conflict of The Good Thief by Hannah Tinti?

The largest conflict within Hannah Tinti's book The Good Thief is Ren’s internal struggle for acceptance and longing for a real home with a real family. Tinti creates a bit of a plot twist to increase tension and conflict near the end of the story when Silas kidnaps Ren and Golly, which ultimately reveals that Benjamin is Ren’s father. Discovering his true parentage seems to allow Ren to accept that he is most at home...

The largest conflict within Hannah Tinti's book The Good Thief is Ren’s internal struggle for acceptance and longing for a real home with a real family. Tinti creates a bit of a plot twist to increase tension and conflict near the end of the story when Silas kidnaps Ren and Golly, which ultimately reveals that Benjamin is Ren’s father. Discovering his true parentage seems to allow Ren to accept that he is most at home with the other outcasts he has grown to love having in his life. Ren learns that he is allowed to adopt his closest friends as his true family and is finally able to experience the love and companionship he has sought throughout The Good Thief.

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